as in fear
a strong feeling of being worried or nervous
a film about teenage angst
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Recent Examples of angst
Grier acknowledged the angst that last season's ending sparked.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Sadness, hopelessness and depression too often get chalked up to adolescent angst or growing pains.
—Sara Feigenholtz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
What compounds that angst, that pain, over the Beauchamps’ search for a way back to one another is watching both Henry and Julia take some major risks as a way to survive.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Adolescence is a jungle of angst; the wrong content served up at the wrong moment can be catastrophic.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Sadness, hopelessness and depression too often get chalked up to adolescent angst or growing pains.
—Sara Feigenholtz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
What compounds that angst, that pain, over the Beauchamps’ search for a way back to one another is watching both Henry and Julia take some major risks as a way to survive.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Adolescence is a jungle of angst; the wrong content served up at the wrong moment can be catastrophic.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for angst
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But all friends need to be honest with each other, to tell each other home truths when it’s needed, to confront those awkward moments without fear of the reaction.—
Steve Sedgwick,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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The progressive fear that the Abundance movement wants to take over the Democratic Party isn’t baseless at all — its adherents have plenty of influence in it now.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And Danielson noted that the team now has plenty of time to practice and give attention to areas of concern.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
9 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, concern is growing about how certain food additives and preservatives may disrupt the gut’s delicate balance.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
9 Sep. 2025
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At the council meeting for the resolution, several migrants and their families spoke in favor of its passage, expressing their anxieties in day-to-day life, according to The Chronicle.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The starting point is learning to cultivate present-moment awareness and simply noticing your anxiety.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The prospect of governments being ousted in Tokyo and Paris fueled further uncertainty, while investors voiced worry over expansive deficit spending in London and Berlin.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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My worry is that inaction is not a strategy.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Opened in 1946, the diner was the first in the city to hire African Americans in front-of-house roles during a time when racial tensions were heightened, and its inclusive legacy has lived on.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The cable machine helps keep the muscles in constant tension.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
8 Sep. 2025
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The harassment soon escalated into a daily campaign of psychological torment that lasted for more than a year.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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His icy, anguished eyes—though both are the same color—convey all the torment a misfit on Earth might feel.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
30 Aug. 2025
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The system runs simulations to predict where stress will build up in a 3D model, then reserves high-performance plastics for those regions.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Participants’ heart rates were higher during the hot class, but that extra cardiovascular stress didn’t translate to more bodily work overall.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
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Haley Robson described the anguish caused by ever-metastasizing Epstein conspiracy theories and endless Epstein news cycles, and her hope that releasing the files could finally put the case to bed.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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Above all, there’s Rob, whose romantic getaway has turned into a slog of romantic anguish.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Angst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angst. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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